2026 Isabel Pastoriza-Santos: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	86	2033	1962	24	23	229	32093

Overview

Isabel Pastoriza-Santos is affiliated with Universidade de Vigo in Spain. Their research focuses on Materials Science and Engineering, with a particular emphasis on Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of advanced nanomaterials and their applications. These include:

Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
Advanced Biosensing and Bioanalysis Techniques
Biosensors and Analytical Detection
Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties

Several notable papers authored or coauthored by Isabel Pastoriza-Santos illustrate the scope of their research, including:

Colloidal Metal-Halide Perovskite Nanoplatelets: Thickness-Controlled Synthesis, Properties, and Application in Light-Emitting Diodes (2021, Advanced Materials)
Discrete metal nanoparticles with plasmonic chirality (2021, Chemical Society Reviews)
Chiral Seeded Growth of Gold Nanorods Into Fourfold Twisted Nanoparticles with Plasmonic Optical Activity (2022, Advanced Materials)
Plasmonic MOF Thin Films with Raman Internal Standard for Fast and Ultrasensitive SERS Detection of Chemical Warfare Agents in Ambient Air (2021, ACS Sensors)
SERS sensing for cancer biomarker: Approaches and directions (2023, Bioactive Materials)

Isabel Pastoriza-Santos has collaborated frequently with several researchers, particularly:

Jorge Pérez-Juste
Daniel García-Lojo
Guangchao Zheng
Ignacio Pérez-Juste
Sara Núñez-Sánchez

Their work has been published in a range of scientific venues, including:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Advanced Materials
Sensors and Actuators B Chemical
Chemistry of Materials
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Best Publications

Present and Future of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

Judith Langer;Dorleta Jimenez de Aberasturi;Javier Aizpurua;Ramon A. Alvarez-Puebla

3512
Citations
Gold nanorods: Synthesis, characterization and applications

Jorge Pérez-Juste;Isabel Pastoriza-Santos;Luis M. Liz-Marzán;Paul Mulvaney

2624
Citations
Modelling the optical response of gold nanoparticles

Viktor Myroshnychenko;Jessica Rodríguez-Fernández;Isabel Pastoriza-Santos;Alison M. Funston

1431
Citations
Mapping surface plasmons on a single metallic nanoparticle

Jaysen Nelayah;Mathieu Kociak;Odile Stéphan;F. Javier García de Abajo

1288
Citations
High-yield synthesis and optical response of gold nanostars

Pandian Senthil Kumar;Isabel Pastoriza-Santos;Benito Rodríguez-González;F Javier García de Abajo

912
Citations
Formation of PVP-Protected Metal Nanoparticles in DMF

Isabel Pastoriza-Santos;Luis M. Liz-Marzan

754
Citations
Formation and Stabilization of Silver Nanoparticles through Reduction by N,N-Dimethylformamide

Isabel Pastoriza-Santos;Luis M. Liz-Marzan

685
Citations
Zeptomol detection through controlled ultrasensitive surface-enhanced Raman scattering.

Laura Rodríguez-Lorenzo;Ramón A. Álvarez-Puebla;Isabel Pastoriza-Santos;Stefano Mazzucco

636
Citations
Tuning size and sensing properties in colloidal gold nanostars.

Silvia Barbosa;Amit Agrawal;Laura Rodríguez-Lorenzo;Isabel Pastoriza-Santos

592
Citations
Layer-by-Layer Assembled Mixed Spherical and Planar Gold Nanoparticles: Control of Interparticle Interactions

Natalie Malikova;Isabel Pastoriza-Santos;Martin Schierhorn;Nicholas A. Kotov

526
Citations
ナノスターはあなたのために光を放つ:コロイド合成,特性および枝分れした金属ナノ粒子の応用

Andrés Guerrero-Martínez;Silvia Barbosa;Isabel Pastoriza-Santos;Luis M. Liz-Marzán

498
Citations
Silica-Coating and Hydrophobation of CTAB-Stabilized Gold Nanorods

Isabel Pastoriza-Santos;and Jorge Pérez-Juste;Luis M. Liz-Marzán

464
Citations
One-Pot Synthesis of Ag@TiO2 Core−Shell Nanoparticles and Their Layer-by-Layer Assembly

‡ Isabel Pastoriza-Santos;Dmitry S. Koktysh;Arif A. Mamedov;Michael Giersig

453
Citations
Colloidal silver nanoplates. State of the art and future challenges

Isabel Pastoriza-Santos;Luis M. Liz-Marzán

450
Citations
N,N-Dimethylformamide as a Reaction Medium for Metal Nanoparticle Synthesis

Isabel Pastoriza-Santos;Luis M. Liz-Marzán

447
Citations
Synthesis and Optical Properties of Gold Nanodecahedra with Size Control

A. Sánchez-Iglesias;I. Pastoriza-Santos;J. Pérez-Juste;B. Rodríguez-González

433
Citations
Size Tunable Au@Ag Core–Shell Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Properties

Akshaya K. Samal;Lakshminarayana Polavarapu;Sergio Rodal-Cedeira;Luis M. Liz-Marzán;Luis M. Liz-Marzán

392
Citations
Nanostars shine bright for you Colloidal synthesis, properties and applications of branched metallic nanoparticles

Andrés Guerrero-Martínez;Silvia Barbosa;Isabel Pastoriza-Santos;Luis M. Liz-Marzán

384
Citations
On the temperature stability of gold nanorods: comparison between thermal and ultrafast laser-induced heating

Hristina Petrova;Jorge Perez Juste;Isabel Pastoriza-Santos;Gregory V. Hartland

377
Citations
Effects of elastic anisotropy on strain distributions in decahedral gold nanoparticles

Craig L. Johnson;Etienne Snoeck;Manex Ezcurdia;Benito Rodríguez-González

369
Citations